Djokovic, who is ranked second in the world rankings, beat Jacob Fearnley 6–3 in the second round match.
Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic continued his strong performance in men’s singles at the Wimbledon tennis tournament. Djokovic, who is ranked second in the world rankings, beat Jacob Fearnley 6–3, 6–4, 5–7, 7–5 in the second round match.
– I had never seen him play, so there is always a moment of surprise. He had nothing to lose and he was passing well. I had a bit of luck in the fourth set, said Djokovic after the match.
On Friday, the tennis great will meet an Australian by Alexei Popyrinwhich is ranked 47th in the recent world list.
The men’s singles saw a nasty injury when the Polish player Hubert Hurkacz had to give up the match to the Frenchman due to injury Arthur Fils against. Hurkaczille hurt his knee when he was diving for the ball.
– It’s not nice to win like this against a friend. We had a very good match. I hope he gets better quickly, but now I’m focusing on the next round, said Fils after the match
In the women’s singles, there was a big surprise when the fifth in the world ranking of the United States Jessica Pegula bowed to the Chinese For Xinyu Wang. The Chinese woman ranked 42nd in the world won the over two-hour match 6-4, 6-7 (7-9), 6-1.
Finnish colors will be seen in London on Friday, when Harri Heliövaara face their doubles partner of Henry Patten with a Spanish couple by Pedro Martinez and Jaume Munari. According to the preliminary schedule, the match will start at 1 p.m. Finnish time.